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... comes a report (pdf) that finds Medicare’s hospital fund will go broke sometime in 2017 -- two years earlier than analysts reported just a year ago. The

At a mid-day press conference on Capitol Hill, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) launched a Declaration of Health Care Independence

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla

The Tea Party Express, feeling their oats after propelling Joe Miller to a (likely) victory over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) in Alaska, is now preparing to raise

In the tradition of Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), California Democratic Rep. Pete Stark revealed at a recent town hall gathering that there are limits to what

Christina Romer, leaving her position as the head of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers this week, gave a flash response to the jobs report released

Starting tomorrow, members of Service Employees International Union are protesting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a two-day prayer vigil

Finding that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco was no longer part of the Taliban or al-Qaeda after he was imprisoned and tortured by the

Advocates of comprehensive immigration reform argue it could reduce the flow of illegal immigration. How? One suggestion is to reform the legal immigration

The American Civil Liberties Union just won a court order against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona, who was illegally pre-charging female prisoners hundreds of

Following scant debate, the Senate last week approved an amendment to an Indian health care bill that would permanently prohibit the use of federal dollars

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Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech to the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. He argued that the United States is on an

CARROLL — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann , taking a rhetorical cue from one her political heroes, Ronald Reagan, elicited some of the strongest response from a Carroll audience Sunday when she asked, “Are you better off today than you were two years ago?” U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus appeared before voters in Carroll, but avoided all audience and local media questions.

The Personhood Florida logo (Pic via personhoodfl.com) A group that wants Florida to define life as beginning at the moment of conception has officially launched its “personhood petition.” According to a blog post on the group’s website, the new Florida ProLife Personhood Amendment is based on language by the Family Research Council and American Family Association. Personhood amendments have cropped up across the country — most notably in Mississippi where, although support was strong, a personhood bill was soundly rejected last month. Personhood Florida’s Bryan Longworth told The Florida Independent after the Mississippi loss that he remains undeterred

As the finance industry continues to flail and bank lending remains flat, Bloomberg reports that Sen.Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Banking

John McCormack reports on a private poll conducted last week by a reputable non-partisan firm on the Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senate, one that

Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is perhaps the barometric view here. Mullen said the heads of the military services did not yet

Following this morning’s White House jobs meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a

Isakson silent on death of end-of-life provision. The Chicago Tribune’s creditors mount a coup against Zell. Will U.S. withdrawal stabilize